[TN-Bird] Re: Northern Bobwhite on Tennessee CBCs 1960-2007
- From: "john sanders" <johnnval@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "TN-BIRD" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:31:36 -0600
Jumping in...I think both hunting and suburbanization can be blamed for Bob
white decline but something else must be in the mix. I grew up near where I
now live: Petersburg in Marshall county . As a child I enjoyed Bobwhite as
a constant part of the background sound,I would flush a covey on nearly
every trip to the barn. Now, (45 years later), I rarely see or hear ANY. I
have lived on the same 200 acres farm for twenty-five years. There is no row
cropping,no hunting,no cattle. It's basically a preserve, hardly a farm.
There are no Bobwhite on this land. The decline stated around the time deer,
turkey and coyotes moved or were moved in. Perhaps a coincidence. Some have
said that the almost universal use of fescue instead of native grasses did
the trick but...who knows. Maybe all the above. I know I miss them.
John Sanders
Petersburg,TN.
Marshall/Lincoln county line
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Pulliam" <bb551@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "TN-Bird Listserv" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 11:06 PM
Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: Northern Bobwhite on Tennessee CBCs 1960-2007
>> On Jan 19, 2009, at 10:21 PM, Michael wrote:
>>
>> Northern Bobwhite on Tennessee Christmas Bird Counts 1960-2007, have
>> steadily declined.
>
> A trend which has far more to do with suburban sprawl and the riding
> lawnmower than with hunting. I live in a rural area on 40 acres of
> woods and weeds, all my neighbors hunt voraciously, and I flushed 19
> bobwhite just this morning 100 yards from my front door (not to
> mention that we are covered up in deer and turkey, and the woodcock
> display right over my house). Suburbanization and factory farming
> are the culprits behind most bird declines in the southeast, not
> hunting. If you want to find the villain, look at your neighbors
> manicured lawn, not his gun cabinet.
>
> Bill Pulliam
> Hohenwald TN
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